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Anaclastic Anaclastic An`a*clas"tic, a. [Gr. ? to bend back and break; to
reflect (light); ? + ? to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen
through water; as, anaclastic curves.
2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted
funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out
a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with
a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the
orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its
former convex form.
Anaclastic glass Anaclastic An`a*clas"tic, a. [Gr. ? to bend back and break; to
reflect (light); ? + ? to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen
through water; as, anaclastic curves.
2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted
funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out
a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with
a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the
orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its
former convex form.
Anaclastics Anaclastics An`a*clas"tics, n. (Opt.)
That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light;
-- commonly called dioptrics. --Encyc. Brit.
Antanaclasis Antanaclasis Ant`an*a*cla"sis, n. [Gr. ?; ? + ? a bending back
and breaking. See Anaclastic.] (Rhet.)
(a) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a
different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that
when old you may live without craft.
(b) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long
parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels
them, but which has all motions of life placed in them),
shall that heart, etc.
